November, Week 47
BEETLES
delicate wings
protected by a hard outer shell
efficient legs, jaws and antennae
a vast array of imaginative designs
for every habitat and purpose
colors that are vivid, nacreous
lustrous, prismatic
the largest order
in the largest class (insects)
in the largest phylum (arthropods)
the ruling caste of
Terra
November, Week 48
THANKSGIVING
barrel-bodied bird
bald-headed fowl
kin to pheasant and peacock
cloaked in irridescent plumage
decorated with stripes
ready to play the game
a poultry of grand scale
December, Week 49
SAGITTARIUS (The Archer)
arrow, spear, pin, needle
thorn, spine, barb
dot
a location, a moment
boiling point, contact point, make a point
a unit of measure
marks on a compass
show the way, aim, direct
purpose, antler tine, main idea
sharp
December, Week 50
CEPHALOPODS
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Mollusks with parrot beaks and suction cups tentacles, suckers, complex captivating eyes luminescence, ink, chromatophores, poison plastic, pliant, supple creeping oozing darting flashing through the water |
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top, left to right: vampire squid, octopus, giant squid, cuttlefish center: chambered nautilus bottom, left to right: pelagic squid, deep-sea squid, luminescent squid, squid, blue-ringed octopus |
December, Week 51
WINTER SOLSTICE
snowstorms, blizzards
piling layer upon layer
on drifts and glaciers and fields
the biomass lies dormant
sinuous white sculptures
cover the silent land
glassy, frozen lids of lakes
protect the delicate contents
in their quiet slumber
thousands of stars
glisten
through the long, chill night
December, Week 52
CHRISTMAS
the tree of life
crowned
with a shining star
ornaments, decorations, glittering adornments
transfiguring
the white-washed winter
into a
splendid and scintillating
rainbowed
carnival
of
brightness
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